"I just got an email from our system admin. He is asking what this 'Tomcat' process is and to give him a reason why it keeps using CPU all the time. And can he eliminate it."

Background: Tomcat runs the web application which is the sole responsibility of that admin, other than creating backups, which he is no longer entrusted with.

If this were my place of work, there would be the added layer that tomcat has been on that server since it was installed, and the admin complaining actually was the one who installed it after reading the entire project plan. Suddenly, he wakes up on a random Tuesday and is totally confused why tomcat is running and has ignored the past 500 days of performance logs that show it has been at the same CPU load pretty much forever. The encounter usually ends with grumbling about us not providing documentation and training to the support team, even though he was sent to Java training instead of me and I left him a 170 page design document in the standard documentation place on the network.

The F-14 wasn't really a useful fighter at all the way sane air forces would define it. The only reaason it's called one is because the US Navy is ashamed to admit in its PR literature that it still had a dedicated fleet defense interceptor in its inventory after the end of the cold war. It's a high-performance interceptor to the core - built from the same insane nuclear doctrine that birthed the MiG-25 and MiG-31. It isn't capable of limited-war fighter operations without assistance - the underlying assumption is that everything in the air that isn't yours is a valid target.

That particular brand of crazy is perfectly suited to Iran, the only other operator of the type. It's also perfectly suited to share its name with a bloated, hard-to-maintain, enterprisey Java servlet container.

And actually, you could fly one with the wings configured asymmetrically. You wouldn't enjoy it, but it was part of the training program because of the possibility of one wing sticking in midair.

The F-14 wasn't really a useful fighter at all the way sane air forces would define it. The only reaason it's called one is because the US Navy is ashamed to admit in its PR literature that it still had a dedicated fleet defense interceptor in its inventory after the end of the cold war. It's a high-performance interceptor to the core - built from the same insane nuclear doctrine that birthed the MiG-25 and MiG-31. It isn't capable of limited-war fighter operations without assistance - the underlying assumption is that everything in the air that isn't yours is a valid target.

That particular brand of crazy is perfectly suited to Iran, the only other operator of the type. It's also perfectly suited to share its name with a bloated, hard-to-maintain, enterprisey Java servlet container.

The F-14 wasn't really a useful fighter at all the way sane air forces would define it. The only reaason it's called one is because the US Navy is ashamed to admit in its PR literature that it still had a dedicated fleet defense interceptor in its inventory after the end of the cold war. It's a high-performance interceptor to the core - built from the same insane nuclear doctrine that birthed the MiG-25 and MiG-31. It isn't capable of limited-war fighter operations without assistance - the underlying assumption is that everything in the air that isn't yours is a valid target.

That particular brand of crazy is perfectly suited to Iran, the only other operator of the type. It's also perfectly suited to share its name with a bloated, hard-to-maintain, enterprisey Java servlet container.

The F-14 wasn't really a useful fighter at all the way sane air forces would define it. The only reaason it's called one is because the US Navy is ashamed to admit in its PR literature that it still had a dedicated fleet defense interceptor in its inventory after the end of the cold war. It's a high-performance interceptor to the core - built from the same insane nuclear doctrine that birthed the MiG-25 and MiG-31. It isn't capable of limited-war fighter operations without assistance - the underlying assumption is that everything in the air that isn't yours is a valid target.

That particular brand of crazy is perfectly suited to Iran, the only other operator of the type. It's also perfectly suited to share its name with a bloated, hard-to-maintain, enterprisey Java servlet container.

The F-14 wasn't really a useful fighter at all the way sane air forces would define it. The only reaason it's called one is because the US Navy is ashamed to admit in its PR literature that it still had a dedicated fleet defense interceptor in its inventory after the end of the cold war. It's a high-performance interceptor to the core - built from the same insane nuclear doctrine that birthed the MiG-25 and MiG-31. It isn't capable of limited-war fighter operations without assistance - the underlying assumption is that everything in the air that isn't yours is a valid target.

That particular brand of crazy is perfectly suited to Iran, the only other operator of the type. It's also perfectly suited to share its name with a bloated, hard-to-maintain, enterprisey Java servlet container.

And actually, you could fly one with the wings configured asymmetrically. You wouldn't enjoy it, but it was part of the training program because of the possibility of one wing sticking in midair.

stick with your Pedantic Dickweedery +1, this was really interesting reading for me

The F-14 wasn't really a useful fighter at all the way sane air forces would define it. The only reaason it's called one is because the US Navy is ashamed to admit in its PR literature that it still had a dedicated fleet defense interceptor in its inventory after the end of the cold war. It's a high-performance interceptor to the core - built from the same insane nuclear doctrine that birthed the MiG-25 and MiG-31. It isn't capable of limited-war fighter operations without assistance - the underlying assumption is that everything in the air that isn't yours is a valid target.

That particular brand of crazy is perfectly suited to Iran, the only other operator of the type. It's also perfectly suited to share its name with a bloated, hard-to-maintain, enterprisey Java servlet container.

And actually, you could fly one with the wings configured asymmetrically. You wouldn't enjoy it, but it was part of the training program because of the possibility of one wing sticking in midair.

stick with your Pedantic Dickweedery +1, this was really interesting reading for me